AB 2381 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Local Agency Public Construction Act: municipal water districts: sanitation districts: lowest responsible bidder.

Summary

Existing law, the Local Agency Public Construction Act, sets forth the requirements for competitive bidding on various types of contracts awarded by local agencies. Under existing law, a municipal water district and a sanitation district, when letting a contract for $35,000 or more, is required to let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder. This bill would increase that threshold dollar amount to $220,000. The bill would require the Controller, commencing January 1, 2028, to adjust that amount annually to reflect the percentage change, as specified, and publish the adjusted amount on its internet website.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Last action Mar 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

02/20/26 - Introduced → AB2381 · 2 edits

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No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The bill content is identical; the difference is purely presentational, converting the traditional print-style legislative document (with line numbers and page headers) into a web page layout with navigation menus, search tools, and reformatted text.

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The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative print document (with line numbers, page headers like '99 AB 2381 -2-', and column formatting) into a web page layout with navigation elements (home, accessibility, FAQ, search bar, bill information links, share buttons).

The Legislative Counsel's Digest was slightly reformatted for the web version, changing 'Vote: majority' to 'Vote: MAJORITY' and reorganizing the digest key fields into a labeled format.

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Committee

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

lower

Feb 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors